SpotON – our blog around digital compliance in enterprises
SpotON – Digital Compliance
Read here regularly on selected topics, developments and news from the areas:
SAM & Cloud – use software legally compliant and cost-effective
IT Security & Threat Intelligence – protect the IT landscape effectively
Data & Digitization – manage digital assets across the lifecycle
Complion Insights – look behind the scenes of digital compliance consultants
11/04/2024
From hierarchy to ...? Why the classic management model has had its day
In situations of uncertainty, there is often a reflex for leadership or advice and the delegation of decision-making needs to others. "Mrs/Mr XY said that we should do it this way!" – the classic when it comes to shifting responsibility onto others. Why is that actually the case? This article is intended to make you think: about your own work, your role in the company – a plea to take responsibility.
While many companies have had a solid software asset management (SAM) in place for years, they are often still at the very beginning when it comes to cloud financial operations (cloud FinOps for short). In this blog post, we will explain the areas in which Cloud FinOps can benefit from the experience of SAM and the special features of Cloud FinOps that need to be considered.
Profitability levers for Microsoft licensing - Part 2 (Azure)
Last week, the first part of this blog post looked at various efficiency levers for saving costs when licensing Microsoft products and still maintaining the necessary compliance.
In the following part 2, the topic "Profitability levers for Microsoft licensing" is rounded off with a look at potential savings options for Microsoft's cloud platform - Azure.
The licensing of Microsoft software is a complex issue that poses challenges for many companies. At the same time, Microsoft has increased its list prices for certain product groups (on-premises licenses, online services and Azure) by between 10 and 25 percent in 2023. However, those who are well versed in the Microsoft license jungle have a few options to save costs or avoid cost increases.
Communication training - How do we get the “Tiger Pension” passed as law?
Paul Watzlawick stated: "You cannot not communicate". Both privately and professionally, we are all in constant communication with our fellow human beings. In the consulting environment, we have daily situations in which we present, negotiate or simply exchange ideas with customers or in a team. To further improve our communication, we met for a communication training course.
Our company is made up of people and we want to introduce them to you in the coming weeks and months. Today we are chatting with Cüneyt Baluch from our IT Cyber Security Team. We'll find out what makes COMPLION means to him, what his daily tasks are, and what he does when he's not working on customer projects.
For many people, working in IT is already a closed book. Technical terms pile up and often even IT professionals don't understand what colleagues from other IT departments are talking about. To remedy this, this blog post will introduce you to some IT security terminology so that you can join in the conversation with your colleagues from the Security Operations Center (SOC) at the coffee machine.
NIS2 vs. DORA - Differences in EU cyber security regulations
There is still a large variance when it comes to the level of knowledge in companies about the changes to cyber security regulations. One of the most important changes is the Network and Information Security Directive 2.0 (NIS-2) and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The aim of this blog post is to familiarize you with the most important differences, similarities and synergies between the two standards and to help you prepare for their entry into force in good time.
Navigating the IT world: A guide to industry trends for young professionals
The only constant in life is change. This applies not only to fashion and nutrition, but also to IT in particular. Trends come and go, what was just state of the art is now cold coffee again. I joined IT consulting in 2019 as a career changer, so I'm certainly not an old hand yet, but I've seen the odd trend come and go. This blog post is about how trends work, how IT management consultants can best deal with them and what state of the art we are currently in.
Our company is made up of people and we want to introduce them to you in the coming weeks and months. Today we are chatting with Jan Philipsen from our IT Cyber Security Team. We'll find out what makes COMPLION means to him, what his daily tasks are, and what he does when he's not working on customer projects.
Efficient resource utilization and cost management are crucial to a company's success. Software pooling in conjunction with central license management can represent an increasingly important tool for the IT department. This article applies the magic triangle to the context of software pooling in license management, focusing on the aspects of cost, availability and time.
Cybercrime 2023 and 2024 - what was and what is coming?
The year 2023 is finally over and a 2024 full of new and familiar cyber threats lies ahead of us. By looking back at the old year, we want to try to recognize threats early in the new year so that we are not unprepared to enter the ring against hacker groups and spies. In the following blog post, we look at what both cyber criminals and state hackers learned in 2023 and draw conclusions about attack patterns in the new year.
